Prosantosaurus scheffoldi Klein et al. 2022 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia

Full reference: N. Klein, H. Furrer, I. Ehrbar, M. T. Ladeira, H. Richter and T. M. Scheyer. 2022. A new pachypleurosaur from the Early Ladinian Prosanto Formation in the Eastern Alps of Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 141(12):1-27

Belongs to Prosantosaurus according to N. Klein et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIMUZ A/III 1274, a skeleton. Its type locality is Ducanfurgga 4, which is in a Fassanian basinal (carbonate) lime mudstone in the Prosanto Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ducanfurgga 4

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